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ZHI YONG YANG Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality and Tourism

Bryan School of Business and Economics

PO Box 26170, 516 Stirling Street Tel: (336) 334-3763

University of North Carolina at Greensboro Email: z_yang4@uncg.edu

Greensboro, NC 27402, USA

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2018–present Professor of Marketing and Head, Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship,

Hospitality and Tourism, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2018 Professor of Marketing, the University of Texas at Arlington

2013–2018 Associate Professor of Marketing, the University of Texas at Arlington

2007–2013 Assistant Professor of Marketing, the University of Texas at Arlington

Fall 2004 Part-time Lecturer, Concordia University, Canada

EDUCATION

2007 Ph.D., Concordia University, Canada (Major: Marketing; Minor: Statistics)

2002 M.B.A. (with honors), Zhejiang University, China

1998 M.S. in Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

1990 B.S. in Electronic Engineering (with honors), North China Electric Power University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Family decision making

• Cultural consumer psychology

PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING IN REFERRED JOURNALS

1. Yang, Zhiyong, Fernando Jaramillo, Yonghong Liu, Rong Huang, and Weiling Ye (forthcoming), “The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Employees’ Customer Orientation and

Job Performance: Roles of Contingent Reward and Contingent Punishment,” European Journal

of Marketing. (CABS 3)

2. Yang, Zhiyong, Ahmad Jamal, and Lianxi Zhou (2020), “Recent Advances in Identifying and Theorizing the Role of Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Ethnicity, and Culture in Industrial Marketing,”

Industrial Marketing Management. (CABS 3)

3. Gentina, Elodie, Rui Chen, and Zhiyong Yang (2020), “Development of Theory of Mind on Online Social Networks: Evidence from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat,” Journal of

Business Research. (CABS 3)

4. Wang, Ying, Zhiyong Yang, and Mahmut Yasar (2020), “A Multilevel Investigation into the Effect of Cultural Distance on Bilateral Trade: The Roles of Product Type and Uncertainty

Avoidance,” Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. (CABS 2)

5. Raghunathan, Rajagopal, Zhiyong Yang, and Deepa Chandrasekaran (2020), “How Parental

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Love Received in Childhood Affects Consumers’ Future Financial Discipline,” Journal of the

Association for Consumer Research, 5(3), 248-258.

6. Freling, Traci, Zhiyong Yang, Ritesh Saini, Omar Itani, and Ryan Rashad Abualsamh (2020), “When Poignant Stories Outweigh Cold Hard Facts: A Meta-analysis of the Anecdotal Bias,”

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 160, 51-67. (Equal authorship for the

first four authors; FT 50; CABS 4*)

7. Yazdanmehra, Adel, Jingguo Wang, and Zhiyong Yang (forthcoming), “Peers Matter: The Moderating Role of Social Influence on Information Security Policy Compliance,” Information

Systems Journal. (CABS 3)

8. Wang, Li, Manhui Jin, and Zhiyong Yang (2020), “Regulatory Focus and Consumption of Counterfeit Luxury Goods: Roles of Functional Theories of Attitudes and Perceived Similarity,”

Journal of Business Research, 107, 50-61. (CABS 3)

9. Walsh, Gianfranco, Zhiyong Yang, Jason Dahling, Mario Schaarschmidt, and Ikuo Takahashi (2019), “Effects of Service Employees’ Negative Personality Traits on Emotional Labour and Job

Satisfaction: Evidence from Two Countries,” Management Decision, 58(6), 1035-1052. (CABS

2)

10. Yang, Zhiyong, Sijie Sun, Ashok Lalwani, and Narayan Janakiraman (2019), “How Does Consumers’ Local or Global Identity Influence Price-Perceived Quality Associations? The Role

of Perceived Quality Variance,” Journal of Marketing, 83(3), 145-162. (FT 50; CABS 4*)

11. Yang, Zhiyong, Narayan Janakiraman, Mehdi T. Hossain, and Douglas B. Grisaffe (2019), “Differential Effects of Pay-It-Forward and Direct-Reciprocity on Prosocial Behavior,” Journal

of Business Research. (CABS 3)

12. Yang, Zhiyong, Kristopher Floyd, and John F. Tanner Jr. (2019), “Effects of Antismoking Messages from Media on Adolescent Smoking: The Roles of Family, School, and Culture,”

Journal of Business Research, 103, 222-231. (CABS 3)

13. Hossain, Mehdi T. and Zhiyong Yang (2019), “Outwitting the Rational Mind: How Effortful Thinking Influences Price Cognition,” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 32, 280-296.

(CABS 3)

14. Wu, Gavin, Richard Bagozzi, Nwamaka Anaza, and Zhiyong Yang (2019), “A Goal-Directed Interactionist Perspective of Counterfeit Consumption: The Role of Perceived Detection

Probability,” European Journal of Marketing, 53(7), 1311-1332. (CABS 3)

15. Agnihotri, Raj, Zhiyong Yang, and Elten Briggs (2019), “Salesperson Time Perspectives and Customer Willingness to-Pay-More: Roles of Salesperson Intraorganizational Employee

Navigation, Customer Satisfaction, and Firm Innovation Climate,” Journal of Personal Selling &

Sales Management, 39(2), 138-158. (CABS 2)

16. Wu, Bo and Zhiyong Yang (2018), “The Impact of Moral Identity on Consumers’ Green Consumption Tendency: The Role of Perceived Responsibility for Environmental Damage,”

Journal of Environmental Psychology, 59, 74-84.

17. Chen, Xiaoye, Rong Huang, Zhiyong Yang, and Laurette Dube (2018), “CSR Types and the Moderating Role of Corporate Competence,” European Journal of Marketing, 52(7/8), 1358-

1386. (CABS 3)

18. Wang, Jingguo, Zhiyong Yang, and Deanne Brocato (2018), “An Investigation into the Antecedents of Pre-Purchase Online Search,” Information & Management, 55(3), 285-293.

(CABS 3)

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19. Mourali, Mehdi, Zhiyong Yang, Frank Pons, and Derek Hassay (2018), “Consumer Power and Choice Deferral: The Role of Anticipated Regret,” International Journal of Research in

Marketing, 35, 81-99. (CABS 4)

20. Bartikowski, Boris, Michel Laroche, Ahmad Jamal, and Zhiyong Yang (2018), “The Type-of-Internet-Access Digital Divide and the Well-being of Ethnic Minority and Majority Consumers:

A Multi-Country Investigation,” Journal of Business Research, 82, 373-380. (CABS 3)

21. Zhao, Long, Zhiyong Yang, and Wei-Jen Lee (2017), “The Impact of Time of Use (TOU) Rate Structure on Consumption Patterns of The Residential Customers,” IEEE Transactions on

Industry Applications, 53(6), 5130-5138. (CABS 3)

22. Cai, Fengyan, Zhiyong Yang, Robert S. Wyer, Jr., and Alison Jing Xu (2017), “The Interactive Effects of Bitter Flavor and Mood on the Decision to Spend or Save Money,” Journal of

Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 48-58. (CABS 4)

23. Fine, Robert L., Zhiyong Yang, Christy Spivey, Bonnie Boardman, and Maureen Courtney (2016), “Early Experience with Digital Advance Care Planning and Directives, A Novel

Consumer-Driven Program,” Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 29(3), 263-267.

24. Briggs, Elten, Zhiyong Yang, Tracy R. Harmon-Kizer, and Todd J. Arnold (2016), “How Do Differing Community Engagement Strategies Affect Consumer Responses to a Retailer?” Journal

of Marketing Theory and Practice, 24(1), 109-127. (CABS 2)

25. Yang, Zhiyong, Ritesh Saini, and Traci Freling (2015), “How Anxiety Leads to Suboptimal Decisions under Risky Choice Situations,” Risk Analysis, 35(10), 1789-1800. (Equal authorship)

(CABS 4)

26. Yang, Zhiyong, Jingguo Wang, and Mehdi Mourali (2015), “The Effect of Peer Influence on Two Aspects of Music Piracy: The Moderating Role of Self-Construal,” Journal of Business

Research, 68(3), 516-525. (CABS 3)

27. Yang, Zhiyong and Jingguo Wang (2015), “Differential Effects of Social Influence Sources on Self-Reported Music Piracy,” Decision Support Systems, 69, 70-81. (CABS 3)

28. Yang, Zhiyong and Richard G. Netemeyer (2015), “Differential Effects of Parenting Strategies on Child Smoking Trajectories: A Longitudinal Assessment over Twelve Years,” Journal of

Business Research, 68(6), 1273-1282. (CABS 3)

29. Walsh, Gianfranco, Zhiyong Yang, Patrick Hille, and David Dose (2015), “The Effect of Job-Related Demands and Resources on Service Employees’ Willingness To Report Complaints:

Germany Versus China,” Journal of Service Research, 18(2), 193-209. (CABS 4)

30. Kim, Chankon, Zhiyong Yang, and Hanjoon Lee (2015), “Parental Style, Parental Practices, and Socialization Outcomes: An Investigation of Their Linkages in the Consumer Socialization

Context,” Journal of Economic Psychology, 49, 15-33. (CABS 2)

31. Qu, Wenguang and Zhiyong Yang (2015), “The Effect of Uncertainty Avoidance and Social Trust on Supply Chain Collaboration,” Journal of Business Research, 68(5), 911-918. (CABS 3)

32. Ma, Zhenfeng, Zhiyong Yang, and Mehdi Mourali (2014), “Consumer Adoption of New Products: Independent versus Interdependent Self-Perspectives,” Journal of Marketing, 78(2),

101-117. (FT 50; CABS 4*)

33. Yang, Zhiyong, Chankon Kim, Michel Laroche, and Hanjoon Lee (2014), “Parental Style and Consumer Socialization among Adolescents: A Cross-National Investigation,” Journal of

Business Research, 67, 228-236 (lead article). (CABS 3)

34. Mourali, Mehdi and Zhiyong Yang (2013), “The Dual Role of Power in Resisting Social

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Influence,” Journal of Consumer Research, 40(3), 539-554. (FT 50; CABS 4*)

35. Yang, Zhiyong, Charles M. Schaninger, and Michel Laroche (2013), “Demarketing Teen Tobacco and Alcohol Use: Negative Peer Influence and Longitudinal Roles of Parenting and

Self-Esteem,” Journal of Business Research, 66(4), 559-567. (CABS 3)

36. Mason, Marlys J., John F. Tanner, Maria Piacentini, Dan Freeman, Trena Anastasia, Wided Batat, Wendy Boland, Murad Canbulut, Jenna Drenten, Anne Hamby, Priyamvadha Rangan, and

Zhiyong Yang (2013), “Advancing A Participatory Approach For Youth Risk Behavior:

Foundations, Distinctions, And Research Directions,” Journal of Business Research, 66(8), 1235-

1241. (CABS 3)

37. Yang, Zhiyong and Michel Laroche (2011), “Parental Responsiveness and Adolescent Susceptibility to Peer Influence: A Cross-Cultural Investigation,” Journal of Business Research,

64, 979-987. (CABS 3)

38. Wang, Jingguo, Zhiyong Yang, and Sudip Bhattacharjee (2011), “One Coin, Two Sides: Differential Effects of Social Learning on Two Aspects of Music Piracy,” Journal of

Management Information Systems, 28(3), 343-384. (FT 50; CABS 4*)

39. Qu, Wenguang, Zhiyong Yang, and Zhongming Wang (2011), “Multi-Level Framework of Open Source Software Adoption,” Journal of Business Research, 64, 997-1003. (CABS 3)

40. Yang, Zhiyong and Charles M. Schaninger (2010), “,” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 29(2), 232-247. (CABS 3)

41. Yang, Zhiyong, Fernando Jaramillo, and Larry Chonko (2010), “Productivity and Coauthorship in JPSSM: A Social Network Analysis,” Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 30(1),

47-71. (CABS 2)

42. Yang, Zhiyong and Charles M. Schaninger (2010), “Parenting Strategies as Influences of Teen Drinking via Self Esteem: An Important Area for Family Policy,” Journal of Macromarketing,

30(4), 331-341. (CABS 2)

43. Zhou, Lianxi, Zhiyong Yang, and Michel K. Hui (2010), “Non-Local or Local Brands? A Multi-Level Investigation into Confidence in Brand Origin Identification and Its Strategic

Implications,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 38, 202-218. (FT 50; CABS 4*)

44. Richard, Marie-Odile, Jean-Charles Chebat, Zhiyong Yang, and Sanjay Putrevu (2010), “A Proposed Model of Online Consumer Behavior: Assessing the Role of Gender,” Journal of

Business Research, 63 (9/10), 926-934. (CABS 3)

45. Kim, Chankon, Zhiyong Yang, and Hanjoon Lee (2009), “Cultural Differences in Consumer Socialization: A Comparison of Chinese-Canadian and Caucasian-Canadian Children,” Journal of

Business Research, 62, 955-962. (CABS 3)

46. Laroche, Michel, Zhiyong Yang, Chankon Kim, and Marie-Odile Richard (2007), “How Culture Matters in Children’s Purchase Influence: A Multi-Level Investigation,” Journal of the Academy

of Marketing Science, 35(1), 113-126. (FT 50; CABS 4*)

47. Laroche, Michel, Zhiyong Yang, Gordon H.G. McDougall, and Jasmin Bergeron (2005), “Internet versus Bricks-and-mortar Retailers: An Investigation into Intangibility and Its

Consequences,” Journal of Retailing, 81(4), 251-267 (lead article). (CABS 4)

48. Laroche, Michel, Gordon H.G. McDougall, Jasmin Bergeron, and Zhiyong Yang (2004), “Exploring How Intangibility Affects Perceived Risk,” Journal of Service Research, 6(4), 373-

389. (CABS 4*)

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/PRESENTATIONS

1. “The Interactive Effect of Goal Specificity and Implemental-Deliberative Mindset on Energy-Saving,” with Xiaodong Nie and Min Zhao, Association for Consumer Research Conference,

Atlanta, GA, Oct. 17-20, 2019.

2. “The Effect of Power Distance Belief on Variety Seeking,” with Han Ma, Narayan Janakiraman, and Ashok Lalwani, Association for Consumer Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 17-20,

2019.

3. “The Effects of Local-Global Identity on Preference between Purchase versus Rent Decision: The Role of Settler-Traveler Mindset,” with Xiaodong Nie, Narayan Janakiraman, and Yinlong

Zhang, Association for Consumer Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 17-20, 2019.

4. “Local versus Global: The Effect of Identity Salience on Creativity,” with Ravi Mehta, Sijie Sun, and Narayan Janakiraman, Association for Consumer Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, Oct.

17-20, 2019.

5. “The Effect of Abusive Supervision on Objective Performance and Customer-Directed Sabotage: Role of Employment Status,” with Yonghong Liu, the 2019 Meeting of the Southern

Management Association, Norfolk, VA, Oct. 8-12, 2019.

[Received the “Best Overall Conference Paper Award” across all tracks]

6. “New Digital Consumption Patterns in the Home: Exploring the Innovation and Influence of Youth on Family Technology Use through Reverse Socialization,” with Marlys Mason, Meichen

Dong, Jingguo Wang, and H. Raghav Rao, Transformative Consumer Research Conference,

Tallahassee, FL, May 19-21, 2019.

7. “Joint Effects of Goal Specificity and Implemental-Deliberative Mindset on Green Consumption,” with Xiaodong Nie and Min Zhao, Society for Consumer Psychology, Savannah,

GA, February 28 - March 2, 2019.

8. “The Interactive Effect of Cultural Orientation and Social Distance on Pay-It-Forward: A Meta-Analysis,” with Narayan Janakiraman, Franklin Velasco, and Han Ma, the GIKA-LATAM

Conference, Chile, January 16-17, 2019.

9. “Consumer’s Local-Global Identity and Price-Quality Associations,” with Sijie Sun, Ashok Lalwani, and Naryan Janakiraman, Association for Consumer Research, Dallas, TX, Oct. 11-14,

2018.

10. “Regulatory Focus and Donation to Proactive and Reactive Causes,” with Sijie Sun, Narayan Janakiraman, and Ritesh Saini, Association for Consumer Research, San Diego, CA, October 26-

29, 2017.

11. “The Impact of Moral Identity on Green Consumption: The Role of Responsibility for Environmental Damage,” with Bo Wu, 12th Royal Bank International Research Seminar,

Montreal, Canada, September 21-23, 2017.

12. “Differential Effects of Pay-It-Forward and Direct-Reciprocity on Prosocial Behavior,” with Narayan Janakiraman, Douglas B. Grisaffe, and Mehdi T. Hossain, 12th Royal Bank International

Research Seminar, Montreal, Canada, September 21-23, 2017.

13. “Abusive Supervision, Customer Orientation, and Job Performance,” with Fernando Jaramillo, Rong Huang, and Weiling Ye, Thought Leader Conference on Marketing Strategy in Digital,

Data-Rich, and Developing Environments, Beijing, China, June 2-4, 2017.

14. “Effectiveness of Zero Pricing in TOU Demand Reponses at the Residential Level,” with Long Zhao and Wei-Jen Lee, IEEE 53rd Industrial & Commercial Power System Conference, Niagra

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Falls, ON, Canada, May 8-11, 2017.

15. “The Effect of Local-Global Identity on Price-Quality Judgments,” with Sijie Sun, Ashok Lalwani, and Narayan Janakiraman, Society for Consumer Psychology, San Francisco, CA,

February 16-19, 2017.

16. “Effects of Antismoking Messages from Media on Adolescent Smoking: The Roles of Family, School, and Culture,” with Kristopher Floyd and Jeff Tanner, 11th Royal Bank International

Research Seminar, Wuxi, China, June 24-26, 2016.

17. “Relationships between service employees’ negativistic personality traits, emotional labor and job satisfaction—Evidence from two individualistic countries,” with Gianfranco Walsh, Jason J.

Dahling, and Arne K. Albrecht, 11th Royal Bank International Research Seminar, Wuxi, China,

June 24-26, 2016.

18. “The Starbuck’s Pay-it-Forward Dilemma,” with Kay-Yut Chen and Narayan Janakiraman, INFORMS, Hawaii, June 12-15, 2016.

19. “Pay-it-forward: Theory, Experiments, and Managerial Implications,” with Kay-Yut Chen and Narayan Janakiraman, INFORMS, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 1-4, 2015.

20. “Looking Forward, Looking Back: How Communal Orientation and Perceived Impact Influence Paying it Forward,” with Narayan Janakiraman and Karen Page Winterich, Association for

Consumer Research, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 2-4, 2015.

21. “Moral Responsibility and Paying it Forward: The Effects of Social Distance and Queue Length on Paying Forward Generosity,” with Narayan Janakiraman and Morgan K. Ward, Association

for Consumer Research, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 2-4, 2015.

22. “Reverse Socialization and Ethnic Minority Mothers,” with Ahmad Jamal, 10th Royal Bank International Research Seminar, Montreal, Canada, September 24-26, 2015.

23. “Inequality Aversion: The Self-Other Perspective,” with Ritesh Saini, Association for Consumer Research Asia-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong, China, June 19-21, 2015.

24. “The Effect of Anxiety on Risky Decisions,” with Ritesh Saini and Traci Freling, Association for Consumer Research Asia-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong, China, June 19-21, 2015.

25. “Health and Multimorbidity,” with Maureen R. Courtney, Christy Spivey, Tara C. Brown, and Kathryn M. Daniel, Transformative Consumer Research, Villanova, PA, May 31-June 2, 2015.

26. “The Interaction Effect of Bitter Taste and Mood on Consumers' Saving Decision,” with Fengyan Cai and Robert Wyer, Association for Consumer Research, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 23-26, 2014.

27. “Effect of Thinking Style on Donation: Moderating Role of Cause Type,” with Mehdi Hossain, Association for Consumer Research, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 23-26, 2014.

28. “Involved but Inaccurate: When High-Stakes Lead To Anecdotal Bias,” with Ritesh Saini and Traci Freling, Risk, Perception, and Response Conference, Harvard University, Boston, March

21-23, 2014.

29. “‘Me’ Likes Expert Reviews and ‘We’ Like Consumer Reviews: Moderating of Product Newness,” with Narayan Janakiraman, Zhenfeng Ma, and Ritesh Saini, Association for Consumer

Research, Chicago, IL, Oct. 3-6, 2013.

30. “Differential Effects of Socialization Agents on Music Piracy,” with Ahmad Jamal and Rong Huang, Association for Consumer Research, Chicago, IL, Oct. 3-6, 2013.

31. “Role of Transactional vs. Relational Requests in Influencing Donation Intention,” with Mehdi Hossain, Association for Consumer Research, Chicago, IL, Oct. 3-6, 2013.

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32. “Power and Resistance to Social Influence: The Moderating Role of Attitude Certainty,” with Mehdi Mourali, Association for Consumer Research, Chicago, IL, Oct. 3-6, 2013.

33. “How Anti-Smoking Messages from Public Media, Family, and School Affect Teen Smoking: A 24-Country Investigation,” with Kristopher Floyd, 9th Royal Bank International Research

Seminar, Montreal, Canada, September 25-29, 2013.

34. “Ambiguity Aversion and Advice Taking,” with Mehdi Mourali, and Frank Pons, Society for Consumer Psychology, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 28-March 3, 2013.

35. “Do Higher Stakes Lead to Better Choices?” with Traci Freling and Ritesh Saini, Association for Consumer Research, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 4-7, 2012.

36. “Effect of Peer Influence on Unauthorized Music Downloading and Sharing: Moderating Role of Self-Construal,” with Jingguo Wang and Mehdi Mourali, 8th Royal Bank International Research

Seminar, Shanghai, China, June 7-10, 2012.

37. “The Effect of Uncertainty Avoidance and Social Trust on Supply Chain Collaboration: A Multi-Level Analysis,” with Wen Guang Qu, 8th Royal Bank International Research Seminar, Shanghai,

China, June 7-10, 2012.

38. “They Say High, I Say Low: The Effect of Power on Consumer Response to Social Influence,” with Mehdi Mourali, Association for Consumer Research, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 13-16, 2011.

39. “Individualism, Collectivism, and Goal-Oriented Saving,” with Zhenfeng Ma, Association for Consumer Research, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 13-16, 2011.

40. “Parental Style and Consumer Socialization among Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Investigation,” with Chankon Kim, Michel Laroche, and Hanjoon Lee, 6th Royal Bank International Research

Seminar, Montreal, Canada, September 22-25, 2011.

41. “Negative Peer Influence and Teen Drinking and Smoking: Temporal Roles of Self-Esteem and Parenting,” with Charles M. Schaninger, the AMA Marketing & Public Policy Conference,

Washington DC, June 2-4, 2011.

42. “How Retailers Can Leverage Existing Organizational Identification through Partnership and Philanthropic Effort: A Field Study” with Elten Briggs and Tracy Harmon, the AMA annual

conference, Austin, TX, Feb. 2-4, 2011.

43. “How Self-View Influences Consumers’ Propensity to Adopt New Products: Role of Product Newness and Risk-Relieving Information,” with Zhenfeng Ma, Association for Consumer

Research, Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 7-10, 2010.

44. “The Moderating Effect of Parental Responsiveness on Parental Psychological Control’s Impact on Youth Smoking: A Longitudinal Perspective,” with Charles M. Schaninger, Association for

Consumer Research, Pittsburg, PA, Oct. 22-25, 2009.

45. “Effect of Self-Construal on New Product Adoption Decisions: Role of Innovation Newness and Risk Type,” with Zhenfeng Ma, Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburg, PA, Oct. 22-25,

2009.

46. “Parental Responsiveness and Adolescent Susceptibility to Normative Influence: A Cross-Cultural Investigation,” with Michel Laroche, 5th Royal Bank International Research Seminar,

Montreal, Canada, September 24-27, 2009.

47. “The Impact of Country Environments on Open Source Software Adoption,” with Wen Guang Qu and Zhongming Wang, 5th Royal Bank International Research Seminar, Montreal, Canada,

September 24-27, 2009.

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48. “The Effect of Parenting On Susceptibility to Peer Influence: Mediating Role of Self-Esteem,” with Ashesh Mukherjee and Michel Laroche, Association for Consumer Research, San Francisco,

Oct. 23-26, 2008.

49. “Cultural Differences in Consumer Socialization: A Comparison of Chinese-Canadian and Caucasian-Canadian Children,” with Chankon Kim, and Hanjoon Lee, 4th Royal Bank

International Research Seminar, Montreal, Canada, September 28-29, 2007.

50. “A Multi-level Investigation into the Effect of Parenting Style on Adolescents’ Development of Smoking,” with Charles M. Schaninger, Transformative Consumer Research 2007 Conference,

Hanover, July 6-8, 2007.

51. “Selective Versus Comprehensive Processors: Gender Differences in Web Consumer Behavior,” with Marie-Odile Richard, Jean-Charles Chebat, and Michel Laroche, Association for Consumer

Research, Orlando, 2006.

52. “The Moderating Role of Gender on Web Consumer Behavior,” with Marie-Odile Richard and Michel Laroche, Academy of Marketing Science, Muenster, 2005.

53. “Development and Validation of a Chinese Family-Triadic Acculturation Scale,” with Michel Laroche, Chankon Kim, and Claudia Chan, Academy of Marketing Science, Puebla, 2004.

[Received the “Best Paper Award” among all papers presented in the conference]

54. “Male’ Responses to Negative-emotion Advertising Appeals: Effects of Gender Role Socialization and Disposition toward Rational Thinking,” with Laurette Dubé and Zhenfeng Ma,

Academy of Marketing Science, Vancouver, 2004.

55. “Electric Power Market in China Stepping into E-commerce,” with Jin Chen, International Symposium on Government and E-commerce Development, Hangzhou, China, 2001.

INVITED TALKS/SEMINARS

1. “Relative Effectiveness of Online Review,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, January 2020.

2. “Social Influence and New Product Adoption,” Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, July 2019.

3. “A Few Thoughts on Research in the Domain of Social Influence,” Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Yunnan, China, July 2017.

4. “How Individual Characteristics and Product Attributes Affect Consumers’ Reliance on Peer (vs. Expert) Review,” Yunnan University, China, July 2017.

5. “The Power of Social Influence,” Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, July 2017.

6. “The Role of Online Review in Consumer Decision Making,” University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, June 2017.

7. “The Effect of Involvement on Consumer Decision Making,” Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, June 2016.

8. “Involved but Inaccurate: When High Involvement Leads to Anecdotal Bias,” Nankai University, Tianjing, China, June 2016.

9. “How Contextual Factors Affect Consumer Judgment,” Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, May 2016.

10. “Situational Influences on Consumer Decision Making,” Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, May 2016.

11. “Consumer Reactions to Social Influence,” Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China, June 2015.

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12. “Data Mining and Consumer Insights: An Application of ‘Big Data’ in Marketing,” Chinese Institute of Engineering 2014 Spring Symposium on Big Data, Richardson, TX, March 2014.

13. “The Impact of Anxiety on Consumer Decision-Making in High-Stake Situations,” University of Texas at San Antonio, Feb. 2014.

14. “Anecdotal Bias in Risk Decision Making,” Harvard University, Boston, USA, 2013.

15. “Advanced Topics in Consumer Research,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, July 2012.

16. “Socio-Cultural Influences on Consumer Behavior: A Research Journey,” Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, June 2012.

17. “Conducting and Publishing Quality Consumer Research: Some Reflections,” Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, June 2012.

18. “Qualitative Research and Its Applications to Marketing Research,” Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China, May 2012.

ACADEMIC HONORS & GRANTS

2020 Senior Faculty Research Award, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2004-2007 Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC; $60,000), Québec

government, Canada

2004–2007 Concordia University External Grant Holder Doctoral Scholarship ($3,600), Concordia

University, Canada

2004–2005 Humberto Santos Doctoral Fellowship ($12,000), Mouvement des Caisses Desjardins,

Canada

2002–2005 Concordia University Fellowship ($32,400), Concordia University, Canada

2005 Fellow, American Marketing Association (AMA) Doctoral Consortium

2004 Fellow, Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) Doctoral Consortium

RESEARCH GRANT

Co-PI: “The Effect of Sensitivity to Cultural Distance on Bilateral Trade among Belt and Road

Countries” (文化差异敏感度对“一带一路”国家双边贸易的影响和对策研究) National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No.19BJY200); RMB200,000 (equivalent

to $30,000); PI: Ying Wang – Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics; 01/01/2020-

12/31/2022

PI: Dean’s Research Scholar Awards Program, Bryan School of Business & Economics, University

of North Carolina at Greensboro; $5,000; 01/01/2019-12/31/2020

PI: Faculty Liaison Proposal Award, Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC),

North Carolina; $3,000; Co-PIs: Suleyman Bahadir, Sara Macsween, and Noah W. Reynolds;

03/01/2019-2/29/2020

Co-PI: “Consumer Recycling Behavior: Antecedents, Mechanism, and Intervention Strategies” (消费

者回收行为：影响因素、心理机制和外部干预) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.71872120); RMB480,000

(equivalent to $71,111); PI: Bo Wu – Tianjin University of Finance and Economics;

01/01/2019-12/31/2022

PI: “When Social Density Increases or Decreases Recycling: The Role of Self-Construal”

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Association for Consumer Research; $2,500; Co-PI: Bo Wu – University of Texas at

Arlington; 08/01/2018-08/01/2019

Co-PI: “Embodied Cognition and Irrational Consumption Behavior” (基于具身认知理论的情境性

因素对于消费者非理性行为的影响及其机制研究) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71672110); RMB500,000

(equivalent to $75,200); PI: Fengyan Cai – Shanghai Jiaotong University, China; 01/01/2017-

12/31/2020

Co-PI: Bangor Business School Grant: “An Investigation into the Impact of Multi-Language

Packaging on Consumers’ Perceptions and Behavior”

Bangor University; £2,000 (equivalent to $2,636); Co-PI: Miriam McGowan, Louise Hassan,

and Edward Shiu – Bangor University; 08/01/2016-08/31/2017

PI: “How to Enhance The Effectiveness of Anti-Smoking Messages in Curtailing Teen Smoking:

Role of Communication Channels and Message Type.”

Research Enhancement Proposal Award, UT Arlington; $10,000; 06/01/2016-08/31/2017

PI: “Bridging the Gap in Marketing and Engineering: Introducing Human Factors into Utility

Consumption Big Data Analysis.”

The Engineering-Business Seed Grant Program, UT Arlington; $10,000; Co-PI: Wei-Jen Lee;

04/01/2016-03/31/2017

Co-PI: “Research on the Synergistic Effect of Informal Control in Sales Management System and Its

Application” (非正式控制在销售管理体系中的协同作用及其应用研究) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.71572103); RMB490,000

(equivalent to $73,134); PI: Weiling Ye – Shanghai University of Finance and Economics;

01/01/2016-12/31/2019

PI: “How Anxiety Leads to Suboptimal Decisions under Risky Choice Situations”

Harvard University; $3,000; Co-PI: Traci Freling and Ritesh Saini; 09/01/2013-05/31/2014

Co-PI: SEEDCORN Funding: “Digital Piracy among Ethnic Consumers”

Cardiff University; £2,500 (equivalent to $3,800); Co-PI: Ahmad Jamal – Cardiff University;

07/01/2012-06/30/2013

PI: “The Effects of Deterrence on Music Piracy: A Social Norm Perspective”

Research Enhancement Proposal Award, UT Arlington; $8,600; Co-PI: Jingguo Wang;

06/01/2009-05/31/2010

PI: “A Cross-Cultural Investigation on How Parenting Style Impacts Adolescents’ Consumer

Susceptibility to Normative Peer Influence”

Statistics Canada; $6,000; 07/01/2006–06/30/2008

PI: “The Effect of Intangibility on Product Evaluations: Internet versus Bricks-and-Mortar Stores”

Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), Québec, Canada;

$60,000; 09/01/2004–08/31/2007

TEACHING

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses

• Consumer Behavior (31 sessions; 1087 students)

• Internet Marketing (2 sessions; 79 students)

• Principles of Marketing (2 sessions; 92 students)

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Graduate Courses

• Consumer Behavior (4 sessions; 79 students)

PhD Courses

• Advanced Topics on Consumer Behavior II (7 sessions; 52 students)

• Tongji Summer Camp - Advanced Topics on Consumer Behavior (3 sessions; 75 students)

iMBA Courses

• International Marketing (9 sessions; 182 students)

• Marketing Management (6 sessions; 207 students)

Executive MBA Courses

• International Marketing (24 sessions; 1105 students)

• Marketing Management (6 sessions; 207 students)

SERVICE TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

Leading Guest Editor

• Industrial Marketing Management (2016-2019)

Editorial Review Board

• Journal of Business Research (2010-present)

• Journal of Consumer Marketing (2014-present)

• Journal of Macromarketing (2016-present)

Reviewer for Federal Funding Agency

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2012-present)

• Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, China (2016-present)

Conference Chair/Co-Chair

• Association for Consumer Research, 2021 ACR Latin American Conference (2019-2021; Co-chairs: Franklin Velasco and Ashok Lalwani)

Program Committee/Review Board

• Association for Consumer Research, Asian Pacific Conference 2015 (2014-2015)

• 2019 Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference (2019)

Ad-hoc Reviewer for Referred Journals in Multiple Disciplines

Marketing

• Journal of Marketing (2008-present; listed as an ad hoc reviewer who has reviewed a substantial number of manuscripts for JM: https://www.ama.org/Publications/JournalofMarketing/Pages/JMAdHocReviewers.aspx)

• Journal of Consumer Research (2007-present)

• Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (2005-present)

• Journal of Retailing (2005-present)

• Journal of Service Research (2016-present)

• Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (2012-present)

• Journal of Business Ethics (2012-present)

• European Journal of Marketing (2013-present)

Information Systems

• Journal of Management Information Systems (2012-present)

• International Journal of Electronic Commerce (2012-present)

https://www.ama.org/Publications/JournalofMarketing/Pages/JMAdHocReviewers.aspx

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Psychology

• Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2019-present)

• Consciousness and Cognition (2011-present)

• Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2012-present)

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research (2014-present)

Sociology

• Social Development, 2015-present

Reviewer for Conferences

• Advances for Consumer Research (ACR), 2004-present

• Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP), 2016-present

• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2014-present

• Royal Bank International Research Seminar (RBIRS), 2005-present

• Academy of Marketing Science (AMS), 2016-present

• American Marketing Association (AMA), 2004-present

Session Chair

• Association for Consumer Research (ACR), 2012, 2015

• Transformative Consumer Research (TCR), 2015, 2019

• Royal Bank International Research Seminar, Montreal, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017.

Discussant

• International Conference on Information Systems, UK, 2012.

Theses Supervision

PhD Student Dissertation Chair:

• Xiaodong Nie, University of Texas at Arlington (PhD, expected 2021; Co-chair: Narayan Janakiraman)

• Grace Liao, University of Texas at Arlington (PhD, expected 2021; Co-chair Narayan Janakiraman)

• Franklin Velasco, University of Texas at Arlington (PhD, earned 2019; Co-chair: Narayan Janakiraman)

• Sijie Sun, University of Texas at Arlington (PhD, earned 2019; Co-chair: Narayan Janakiraman)

• Anna Ma, University of Texas at Arlington (PhD, earned 2019; Co-chair Narayan Janakiraman)

• Tanzeeb Mehdi Hossain, University of Texas at Arlington (earned PhD degree in 2014)

• Kristopher Floyd, University of Texas at Arlington (earned PhD degree in 2015)

PhD Student Dissertation Committees:

• Wei Xie, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (PhD in Information Systems, expected 2022)

• Meichen Dong, University of Texas at Arlington (PhD, expected 2020)

• Hyun Y. Cho, University of Texas at Arlington (earned PhD degree in 2015)

• Emily A Goad, University of Texas at Arlington (earned PhD degree in 2014)

• Jin-Woo Kim, University of Texas at Arlington (earned PhD degree in 2011)

• Chien-Chung Chen, University of Texas at Arlington (earned PhD degree in 2011)

Supervisor of Visiting Scholars:

• Ms. Yurun Chen, Nankai Univeristy, China (visiting University of North Carolina at

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Greensboro during 08/2019-04/2021)

• Dr. Chun Zhang, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Dayton (visiting University of North Carolina at Greensboro during 05/2019-08/2019)

• Dr. Bo Wu, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, China (visiting University of Texas at Arlington during 10/2017-10/2018)

• Dr. Jinzhu Song, Associate Professor of Marketing, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China (visiting University of Texas at Arlington during 08/2017-08/2018)

• Ms. Yafeng Fan, doctoral student, Renmin University of China, China (visiting University of Texas at Arlington during 08/2017-08/2018)

• Dr. Yida Wang, Associate Professor of Marketing, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China (visited University of Texas at Arlington during 08/2009-08/2010)

Ad-Hoc Advisor for Master’s Theses:

• Zhen Wang, Concordia University (earned Master’s Degree in 2007)

• Zhi Kun Wu, Concordia University (earned Master’s Degree in 2006)

• Nick Fan, Concordia University (earned Master’s Degree in 2005)

Advisor for Undergraduate’s Honors Project:

• Mohammed Hossain, Honors College, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2019.

• Nikhil Grover, Honors College, University of Texas at Arlington, 2013.

• Michelle Young, Student in Honors College, University of Texas at Arlington, 2011.

Business/Community Consulting

• Conducted consulting projects for consulting firms, including AC Nielson (B2C) and Research Now (B2B).

• Performed consulting projects for large corporations, including WalMart, AIG, and P&G.

• Developed and executed digital marketing strategies for a few non-profit charities, including American Cancer Society, South Asia Native Mission Alliance, and the Developmental

Office at the University of Texas at Arlington.

• Brought consulting projects to the undergraduate classes and helped a number of companies for market analysis, segmentation, targeting, positioning, and marketing strategies, including

Heroes for Children, Think Green Homes, and Universal Air Conditioner.

• Guided graduate students to conduct multiple consultant projects with market analysis and marketing strategies for local governments, including the Arlington Chamber of Commerce,

the City of Arlington.

Other Services

University-level

• Faculty Phone-A-Thon, UNCG (2019-present)

• SOAR, Bryan School of Business & Economics, UNCG (2018-present)

• NAV1GATE, Bryan School of Business & Economics, UNCG (2018-present)

• Spartan Showcase, Bryan School of Business & Economics, UNCG (2018-present)

• University of Texas at Arlington Representative, University of Texas System Eliminate Tobacco Use Summit (2015-2018)

• President Advisory Committee, University of Texas at Arlington (2017-2018)

• Faculty Senate, University of Texas at Arlington (2013-2018)

• Chair, the Academic and Student Liaison Committee, University of Texas at Arlington (2015-2016)

• Hearing Panel, University of Texas at Arlington (2013-2018)

• Student Affairs Advisory Committee, University of Texas at Arlington (2013-2015)

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College-level

• Chair, College Research Committee, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington (2017-2018)

• Research Database Committee, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington (2017-2018)

• Behavioral Lab Committee, College of Business (2015-2018)

• Grant Proposal Incentive Committee, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington (2013-2018)

Department-level

• Chair, Promotion &Tenure Committee, Department of Marketing, University of Texas at Arlington (2014-2018)

• Chair, Grade Appeals Committee, Department of Marketing, University of Texas at Arlington (2011-2018)

• Coordinator, College of Business Subject Pool Committee, University of Texas at Arlington (2016-2018)

• Faculty Recruiting Committee, University of Texas at Arlington (2007-2018)

Community

• President, University of Texas at Arlington Chinese Faculty and Staff Association (2016-2018)

• Chair, Evaluation Committee, Annual Dallas-Fort Worth Area Chinese Language Contest (2012-2018)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Association for Consumer Research (ACR)

• American Marketing Association (AMA)

• Academy of Marketing Science (AMS)

• Society for Marketing Advances (SMA)

• Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Leading Innovation: A Workshop for Department Chairs, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, DC, August 12-13, 2019

• The PhD Project 2019 Marketing DSA/FAA Conference, Chicago, IL, August 9-10, 2019

• Communications, Consensus, and Challenging Conversations for Department Heads, Western Carolina University, Sylva, NC, Nov. 15-16, 2018.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

• Vice-President, 1998-2002, Central China Electric Power Int’l Economic & Trade Co. Ltd., China

• Chief Design Engineer, 1993-1997, Jiangxi Provincial Electric Power Design Institute, China

• Engineer, 1990-1992, Jiangxi Provincial Electric Power Design Institute, China